Drawer-carrier.



PATBNTED APR. 14, 1908. G. BOYDELATOUR.

DRAWER CARRIER. APPLIQATION FILED OUT. 26. 1907.

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GEORGE BOYDELATOUR, OF CANTON, OHIO.

DRAWER-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 26, 1907.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Serial No. 399,301.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BOYDELA- TOUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Drawer-Carrier, of whichv the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a device for carrying bins or drawers in a case or other receptacle whereby the drawer is suspended in the case and has a swinging instead of a sliding movement when being opened or closed. This object is attained by the construction, mechanism and arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the drawer drawn out of its case showing a fixed pivotal connection between 'the drawer and the carrier and having parts of the drawer broken away to show details of construction; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the drawer drawn open with part of the case in section, showing '0 movable pivotal connection between the drawer and the carrier. Fig. 3, a fragmentary section of the case showing one carrier therein detached from the drawer. Fig. 4, a vertical section showing an intermediate position of a carrier having a movable pivotal connection with the drawer. Fig. 5, a fragmentary perspective view showing the case, one carrier and the drawer slightly separated from their assembled position. Fig. 6, a fragmentary sectional view showing one carrier slide-block; and Fig. 7, a detached fragmentary view showing the carrier stopblock.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawing.

One carrier is provided for each side of the drawer and each carrier is composed of the lever 1, which is preferably slightly less in length than the vertical depth of the drawer, and the link 2 which is preferably approximatel half the length of the lever. One end of eac link is connected to the corresponding lever by a pivot 3 preferably located midway between the ends of the lever. The other ends of the links are connected to the respective walls 4 of the case by the fixed pivots 5 preferably located at or near the upper-outer edges of the walls.

The levers, preferably at their u per ends, are connected with the sides of t e drawer either by the fixed pivots 6, as shown in Fig. 1, or by the horizontally-movable pivots 6" as shown in the other figures. When a fixed pivotal connection is employed for the drawer the ivot 6 is preferably made with the head 7 wliich is adapted to be entered into the recessed pear-shaped bearing-aperture 8 provided in the side 9 of the drawer so that the drawer can be readily engaged and disengaged from the carrier when it is desired to remove the drawer entirely from the case; and when themovable pivotal connection is used the pivots 6 are preferably connected to the blocks 10 which are'adapted to dovetail and slide in the corresponding horizontal slots 11 located in the middle part near the top edge of the sides 9 of the drawer. The lower ends of the levers are connected to the walls of the case by the verticallymovable pivots 12 which are connected to the blocks 13 which are adapted to dove-tail and slide in the corresponding vertical slots 14 in the sides of the case and located directly below the fixed pivots of the links.

When the fixed pivots 6 are used for the drawer they are preferably located exactly midway between the outer and inner ends thereof, so that the drawer is balanced 011 these pivots; and it is evident that the drawer can be readily moved in and out of its case by swinging on the various pivotal connections, as guided by the sliding of the pivot-blocns in the vertical slots of the case. And when the movable pivots 6 are used for the drawer it is evident that the drawer can be moved in and out of the case a short distance beyond the limits of a fixed pivotal connection by the sliding of the pivot-blocks in the horizontal slots in the sides of the drawer. The movements of the carriers are preferably limited by the adjustable stop-blocks 15 located in the vertical slots in the walls of the case.

' A roller 16 may be provided on each side at the inner-upper end of the drawer, which rollers maybe adapted to operate in the longitudinal grooves 17 located in the wall of the case for the purpose of steadying the drawer in its movements, especially when the movable pivotal connections for the drawer are em loyed.

t is evident that by the use of a carrier thus described the drawer can be freely moved inward and outward without resting or sliding at any time on the bottom of the case, which free swinging movement is much to be desired in large heavy drawers. It will be understood that to insure a truly horizontal movement of the drawer the link and the lever pivotal connections withthe walls theirl ow er ends with the walls of the case,

' of the case should be in the same vertical and links having fixed pivotal connections at Iii plane, and the same pivotal -co1;1ne'ctions "theirupper ends with the walls of the case should be equidistant from the pivotal condirectly above the case-lever pivots and at nection of the link with the lever. their lower ends with the corresponding WVhat I claim as my invention, and LlGSlIQ evers, the case pivots being equidistant to secure by Letters Patent, is' from the link-lever pivots.

A carrier for a drawer in a case comprisingv GEORGE BOYDELATOUR. levers having horizontally-movable pivotal Witnesses: connections with the sides of the drawer and JOSEPH FREAsE, vertically-1n'ovable pivotal-connections at HARRY FRE AsE. 

